PPAC 5, 0122 (P315744)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 013363

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Record of åik-flour and fine pease-meal issued as a gift (gú-ne-sag-gá-åè) on behalf of ∂Nanåe-gír-gal the ka4-åu-du8 to the priestess; controller: ∂Ba-BA6-palil MU. (CBT 1))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) sila3 zi3-sig15
2. 5(disz) sila3 zi3-gu saga
3. gu2-ne-sag-ga2-sze3
4. mu {d}nansze-GIR2@g?-gal sagi-sze3
5. giri3 {d}ba-ba6-igi-du muhaldim
reverse
1. zi-ga nin-dingir-ra
2. iti munu4-gu7
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} mu us2-sa-a-bi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Record of åik-flour and fine pease-meal issued as a gift (gú-ne-sag-gá-åè) on behalf of ∂Nanåe-gír-gal the ka4-åu-du8 to the priestess; controller: ∂Ba-BA6-palil MU. (CBT 1))
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P315744

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 013363
Accession Number 1896-03-28, 0454

External resources

References

  • primary: PPAC 5, 122

    [Sigrist2013PPAC5] Sigrist, Marcel, and Tohru Ozaki. 2013. Administrative Ur III Texts in the British Museum (AUTBM). Part I-II. Periodic Publications on Ancient Civilizations (PPAC) 5. Changchun, China: Northeast Normal University. The Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations.

  • history: CBT 1, BM 13363

    [Figulla1961CBT1] Figulla, Hugo Heinrich. 1961. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Volume I. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-25 at 08:39:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2019-12-23 at 18:02:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:36:27 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-02-01 at 17:58:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-04-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Molina, Manuel CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0122 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315744.
PPAC 5, 0122 artifact entry (No. P315744). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315744 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0122 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315744 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315744},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“PPAC 5, 0122 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P315744.
PPAC 5, 0122 artifact entry (No. P315744). (2024, October 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P315744 (Original work published 2006)
PPAC 5, 0122 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P315744 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 25},
	title = {PPAC 5, 0122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P315744},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P315744},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P315744
LB  - CDLI:P315744
M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - PPAC 5, 0122 artifact entry
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